Openmoko Bug #1778: keyboard on 2008.8 is almost unusable

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#1778: keyboard on 2008.8 is almost unusable
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 Reporter:  billk     |        Owner:  zecke     
     Type:  defect    |       Status:  new       
 Priority:  highest   |    Milestone:  OM-2008.8 
Component:  Qtopia    |      Version:  OM-2008.08
 Severity:  major     |   Resolution:            
 Keywords:  keyboard  |     Blocking:            
Blockedby:  1654      |  
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Comment(by olberger):

 Replying to [comment:6 olberger]:
 > Replying to [comment:5 billk]:
 > >
 > > If you read the title of this bug, you will see it has nothing to do
 with showing/hiding the keyboard which is the ticket you are referring to!
 > >
 > > BillK
 > >
 >
 > With the ability to show the dialog which allows starting a qwerty
 keyboard, it would become less unusable :
 > > 3. a full qwerty keyboard (a usable one like that in the FSO, or the
 matchbox one.)
 >
 > So I guess "fixing" #1654 would help a great deal...
 >

 Having just tested the "opkg install illume-config" workaround for #1654,
 I understand better now that it indeed doesn't address the problem of the
 full qwerty keyboard missing.
 It is a bit more useable as the qwerty keyboard can appear right away at a
 single tap on the "qwerty" button in the top row, but then, the rest of
 its limitations are still there.

 We indeed need "a full qwerty keayboard", even if it's easier to make it
 appear/disappear.

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